(2-CD set) A historical meeting under the Helsinki skies; three generations of legendary European masters of Present Time Composition during a two-night celebration. Powerful, joyful, orchestral, seductive, poetic, free... Instant composing at its best! With people like Evan Parker, Paul Lovens, Phil Wachsmann, Sebi Tramontana, Harri Sjöström, Teppo Hauta-aho (11 musicians altogether) one cannot expect anything less. This double CD is truly one of the brightest quasars in the Leo Records catalogue!

This new work brings pianist Pat Battstone together with flutist Giorgia Santoro on a musical journey using Daniela Chionna's artwork, "Appunti Onirici" ("Dream Notes") as the road map, as the musical scores. Pat says: "The idea of playing music to Daniela's artwork began in the summer of 2017 and with the collaboration of Giorgia beginning with the New Destinations sessions, the stage was set. Our subsequent meetings further solidified our aspect of playing - Question and Response, Change and Adaptation, Emotional Cohesion, and a deep familiarity of where the other is going."

(2-LP) After a successful and diverse career of more than 20 years in almost every corner of the entertainment world, Anne Bisson returned to her first love, jazz, by releasing in 2009, "Blue Mind", an album which brilliantly showcased her talents and musical creativity. Critics were unanimous, praising Anne Bisson as a natural jazz artist. With 35,000 albums in sales, she now releases a new album entitled "Keys to My Heart" in which she is joined in the studio with two Los Angeles 'Jazz Giants', Joe LaBarbera on drums and Darek Oleskiewicz on acoustic bass. This new album contains eleven songs. Two of the songs are covers and include "Killing Me Softly", a perennial standard and "For Me, Formidable", a beloved song from legendary French composer/singer Charles Aznavour, which Anne sings in both English and French. This Album contains nine new songs, co-written with Anne's frequent collaborator and friend, Pierre Lenoir. These songs create a unique world, Anne's world, where they tell involving stories with warm and expressive performances that confirm the tradition of artistry and high audio fidelity that Anne has been known for so many years. This album was engineered and mixed by Michael C. Ross and the mastering and lacquer cutting was done by Bernie Grundman in Hollywood. Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition 180g One-Step Plating 45rpm Double LP!

(10% DISCOUNT THRU 3-27-20) La-La Land Records and Paramount Pictures proudly presents renowned composer Tom Holkenborg's (MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, DEADPOOL, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE) original motion picture score to the all-new, big-screen adventure fantasy SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, starring James Marsden, Adam Pally and James Carrey, and directed by Jeff Fowler – in theaters everywhere staring February 14, 2020. Composer Holkenborg crafts an irresistibly exciting score -- the perfect ride to complement this action-packed, fun-filled, feature film based upon the iconic Sega video game character, Sonic The Hedgehog. This special CD soundtrack release is limited to 2000 Units.

In his day Gene Krupa was the finest big band drummer and even today it is hard to think of a drummer who could match his quality and stamina. Gene led a tempestuous career at one point being imprisoned on a trumped up marijuana charge, brought about by a spiteful politician, Gene had thoughtlessly offended. Such was his popularity that a biopic movie was made about him featuring Sal Mineo as the great man. On this CD we bring you performances by Gene and his orchestra, The Gene Krupa Sextet and the show stopping performance with Benny Goodman And His Orchestra of Sing. Sing, Sing recorded on January the 16th 1938.

Recorded in Rome, perfect stage, great acoustics, four master performers with a vast knowledge of idioms as well as a deep understanding of non-idiomatic, abstract means of musical expression and four sets of ears as widely open as the gates of the Colosseum make up the ingredients to this fine live recording. The players flow together effortlessly and are able to create soundscapes of tension and release, harsh noise and delicate whisper, 'engin-ears' of mutual fearlessness doing away with the meaningless separation of genres. Roaming through sounds, carried by trust and wealth of experience they uncoil a steady stream of poised musicality that simply feels right yet defies explanation.

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W/Help From Band Member Eben Henson.....First Release Of This Super Rare Private Press. Uriah Heep Meets The Southern Rock Genre In This Terrific Private Pressing From Kentucky. 500 Pressing on black vinyl.

Limited edition, spectacular 4-CD box for real connaisseurs and lovers of Perelman/Shipp music. In 2018, when the saxophonist and pianist released a 3-CD box entitled ONENESS, they made an emphatic statement that there would be no more duo recording in the near future: "for now there is nothing more to say". Yet, several months later they found themselves in the studio bursting with creativity and refining their unique style of intuitive improvisation. Each disc has a distinct flavour, despite the ambitious range of tempos, textures, techniques and emotions.

Andre Previn born Andreas Ludwig Priwin was a Highly talented German/American musician and conductor who was also noted as an arranger and comedian. He started writing film scores for MGM in Hollywood, where he was involved in the music for fifty movie. He won four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy awards for his recordings and one for his lifetime achievement. He was also the music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Oslo Philharmonic, as well as the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In jazz, Previn was a pianist-interpreter and arranger of songs from the Great American Songbook, was piano-accompanist to singers of jazz standards, and was a trio pianist. On this CD there are two original albums from his early years as a jazz musician, “Andre Previn Plays The Piano” and “Plays Harry Warren” plus a bonus track of “Indiana”. As a Jazz pianist he is featured leading his Quartet and trio, which over time had a changing line-up, but on this CD features on various tracks: Al Viola (g), Charles Parnell (b), Lloyd Pratt (b), Bob Bain (b), Jackie Mills (d) and Ralph Collier (d),

A couple of years ago guitarist Les Davidson suggested to Sniff 'n' the Tears singer/songwriter Paul Roberts that they should get out and do some gigs. Only this time as a duo. The current music scene seems to be increasingly about live performance and all they would need as an acoustic duo would be their guitars; the logistics of putting a band together for anything other than a fair-sized tour being fairly costly. The first two gigs they did were very encouraging as not only did the audience enjoy hearing the songs they knew but feedback from people afterwards suggested they had gained new insights into the songs. This has opened up a whole range of possibilities explored on the new album "Jump".

1952 was the year Ike defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson to become president of th USA. The year King George the VI of Britain died and Queen elizabeth came to the throne. Winston Churchhill revealed yhat the UK had the atom bomb and “Singing In The rain “was launched onto our cinema screens. It was also a time when popular singers were emerging from being the vocalist with the band to being a star in their own right, which would pave the way for the popular vocalists of the Rock “N’ Roll era. This CD presents a selection of songs by various artists which would feed the juke boxes and record players of the nation, plus act one of the smash hit 1952 Broadway cast recording of Rodgers and Hart’s “Pal Joey”, with Jane Froman, Dick Beavers, Helen Gallagher, Patricia Northrop, Elaine Stritch

Vinz released his first solo guitar CD in 2004. Since that time he took part in four more recordings with different French musicians for Leo Records. Now, fifteen years later he returns to his original solo project, but he is a different man. Has he mellowed? One can hear several guitars and a voice playing at the same time. He takes you into his world of moods, emotions and sounds you've never heard before. As he writes: "on the run… just behind: last border to cross... risk... exile new future... all so close... illusion?... a no man's land...?" there is a lot of sense in these two lines.

Eric Winstone was a British born band leader, composer and arranger. Eric Winstone played piano in his spare time from a job at the Westminster Gas and Coke Company in London, which led him to form his first band in 1935.He learned the accordion, started an accordion school and formed an accordion quintet, a swing quintet, and a big band orchestra in the style of Glenn Miller. During World War II his orchestra entertained the forces, and performed at holiday camps after the war. In 1955 a CinemaScope short of The Eric Winstone Band show was made. He was quoted in 1955 as saying that "With the exception of money, length of working hours, living and working conditions, the price of beer, and the opposite sex, a musician is completely unconcerned about the material things of life".